Sun shield for the doors of closed cars



G. M KITTRICK SUN SHIELD FOR THE DOORS 0F CLOSED CARS Filed 001;. 31, 925

" 'GEO/BQGE'V madame; or 'ilvnnrnnnnncn, sinusesf I sunsHIEmJ;r'ort"rrIE'noons or o iosnnferinsf 4Q repeat-snee oe ema, 1925. Serial ivti 66,005;.

This invention relates to sunl shields for" motor vehicles, and, has 'more particular reference to a construction for. association with the upper portion of the doorsin their window. openings, in order thatthe light rays from the sun 'will not pass directly upon the occupants of the. car and partic- V ul'arly the driver thereof, which interfereswith the occupants vision and'in the proper manipulation of the vehicle.

The primary object of the invention is to provide asun shield that may be incorpo rated directly within the door window openiiig without marring the doors and without i will materially add to the appearance of the affecting the operation ofthe sliding window panel's therein, and also such a shield that car.

view as the natureof the; invention will be ietter, understood, the following specincation'when considered with the accompanying drawing wherein i Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a conventional type of .closed auto- 7 mobile to one or more of the doors of which is ansociated my improved sun shield,

2 is a section taken substantially upon the line 22. of Fig. 1, and I Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed section thru v one-of the door window frame bars for more a clearly disclosing the construction of my im proved sun shield. Now having particular reference .to the drawing, 5 indicates a door of a conventional" type closed car that'is so constructed at its upper end as to providea window frame inof which movewithin the grooves of conv'en- :cluding side bars 66, andatop and bottom bar 7 and8 respectively.

The conventional construction of the side a bars--6-'6 isas shown in Fig. 3, the samebeing rabbeted' at their inner edges as at 8 at the forward sides thereof for providing a shoulder 9 at their inner side. Vertically slidable in the frame and throughthe door,

is the usual glass panel 10, the opposite ends .tional packing strips 11 that are' secured to rial that is relatively H-shaped in cross secthe frame bars in a well known manner. My invention per se, constitutes the provision of a cross bar 12 of desirable mate'- tion as per Fig. 2,; for providing channels 13 and 14 at itsupperand lower edges rc-;

spectively.- r

This cross bar 12 is disposed horizontally \Viththe foregoing and' fother objectsin between thegside frames the frame construction in predetermined spaced relation with the upper, end thereof.

a The opposite. end of said ar a is and; with boxing of the characterishown in a .3, and designated 15, that engage, within the rabbets of the "frame bars and in tight engagement with the previously mentioned shoulders 9 .of the said frame bars and through" which extend the packing strips 11. -Each'of the boxings 15 isformed with forwardly extending strips 16 flush with therear wall thereof that closelyfengage the. side of the respe'ctivewindow frame bar 6.

and aretliere secured throughthe medium of bolts and nut connections, or any other; v

suitable connections '17. I

St'ationarily arranged in the'upper PQI'.

tion of the window frame betweenthe top bar 7 Jfand the cross member 12 ofimy invention is'a strip of colored glass 18, the lower e'dge'of which rests within the channel, 13 of said cross member, and obviously prevents theglaring rays of; the sun and other bright lights from "entering the vehi-v To I cle at the upper portion thereof and consequentlydmpairing the vision of the occupants of'the vehicle.

Wlienithe usual window pane110 ofithe door is i -the closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and. 2, 'the upper edge will engage within. th'e lowerichannel of the cross member 12 forproviding awater-tight'joint betweenthe edgesofthe paneli i v It will-thus be seen that Iliave provided ahighly novel and eflicient glare shield for vehicles, and onethat may be readily asso ciated with thedoors of practically all types. of closed machines, and one whose .construcj tion, is such; as to considerably enhance the beauty of the machine; 7

Even though I have herein shown and described the most preferred. embodiment of the inventionwith. which I am at this time familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes maybe made'in the invention without departing from' the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lets ters-Patent is lUi) lrAs a new product of manufacture, a

window'includinga frame and a closure for said frame, said closure being composed of r a lowertransparent section and an upper.

translucent section, and a parting strip be.-

2 I a o 1 tween said sections, said parting stripbeing .tions 2. As a new article of manufacture, a speclal parting strip fOI.-p8I'II1ltt1I1g'SO tional panesto be mounted in a Window frame, "said parting strip embodying an upper channel and. a lower channel for reception of the respect ve edge portions of the Window pane sections, said parting strip being provided at each end With a hollow boxing ioaccoinmodate a packing strip and to fit snugly in a groove in one of the frame I bars, said boxing being also provided with an outward extension serving as an attaching partywhereby to permit the parting strip to befirmly secured in place.

ln'testiinony whereof I ailix my signature. a r

I GEORGE MGKITTRICK. 

